'Maps of Reality'
Does this idea suggest a religion to you?
Or science - or spirituality - or astronomy?
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How do you decide what guides you through life?
'Maps of Reality'
Does this idea suggest a religion to you?
Or science - or spirituality - or astronomy?
​
How do you decide what guides you through life?
Christopher P. Parr has been a professor of religious studies whose teaching and international research over thirty years has focused especially on Asian religions and various sacred traditions, alongside extensive activities in music, the arts and poetry. He is now writing books informed by this diverse experience.
About the Author
About the Author
Christopher P. Parr has been a professor of religious studies whose teaching and international research over thirty years has focused especially on Asian religions and various sacred traditions, alongside extensive activities in music, the arts and poetry. He is now writing books informed by this diverse experience.
An Analogy that’s a Model
The multifaceted analogy and model
of ‘maps of reality’ provides a helpful way
to depict religious teachings,
spiritualities and even cults.
It is a schema that summarizes any
religious tradition, avoids over-simplifying
'religion,' while presenting many
important features of religions through
the readily visualized layout of maps.
An Analogy that’s a Model
The multifaceted analogy and model
of ‘maps of reality’ provides a helpful way
to depict religious teachings,
spiritualities and even cults.
It is a schema that summarizes any
religious tradition, avoids over-simplifying
'religion,' while presenting many
important features of religions through
the readily visualized layout of maps.
“The world has become bigger for me than any one religion’s mapping of reality can chart, opening a lifelong exploration of how diverse traditions shape human understanding.”
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Religions as Maps of Reality
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Religions as Maps of Reality